Mingjie Li

Mingjie, during her time in the lab as a technical assistant, helped with virus production and assisted with molecular biology tasks, and also initiated an optical control reagent project. Mingjie received her BS in Biological Science from Wuhan University in China, and her Msc in Applied Biomolecular Technologies from the Univeristy of Nottingham. After finishing her work, she went on to a technical assistant job at Harvard Medical School.

Publications

High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by light-driven proton pumps

Nature | 2010

Chow, B. Y.*, Han, X.*, Dobry, A. S., Qian, X., Chuong, A. S., Li, M., Henninger, M. A., Belfort, G. M., Lin, Y., Monahan, P. E., Boyden, E. S. (2010) High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by light- driven proton pumps, Nature 463:98-102. (* co-first authors)

New Techniques for Investigating Brain Rhythms: Optical Neural Control and Multielectrode Recording

Society for Neuroscience | 2009

Boyden, E. S., Han, X., Talei Franzesi, G., Chan, S., Bernstein, J., Qian, X., Li, M. (2009) "New Techniques for Investigating Brain Rhythms: Optical Neural Control and Multielectrode Recording," In: Rhythms of the Neocortex: Where Do They Come From and What Are They Good For? (Kopell N., ed.) pp. 65-75. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience.